The 5 cookbooks you need in your life

Deliciously Ella

This one was a sure contender for our hot list: the cookbook can pretty much be considered our kitchen bible! Deliciously Ella takes the same title as its author Ella Woodward’s popular blog and has helped to bring more people on board the healthy-eating wagon. How can you not, when there’s a book that takes you through all you need to know? Even the introductory low-down on ingredients is a must-read; you see things like gluten-free flour and pasta, medjool dates, cacao powder and brown rice milk on a lot of recipes these days but it’s always good to know why they make for great substitutes – especially if they’re going into lots of yummy concoctions! We can’t give you a favourite recipe either, because we simply like too many!

£20, amazon.co.uk